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Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn,...
Catalogue reference: AR/1008/7
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AR/1008/7
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn, London
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Date (When the record was created)
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8 February 1785
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from James Roberts, Worshipful Master, Mariner's Lodge, No. 450, Liverpool, to John Allen, Clements' Inn, London mentioning a recent visit to London over the Christmas and New Year period and concerns raised in correspondence received by John Shortcliffe, Senior Warden. Roberts has retained the Lodge warrant, despite Shortcliffe assuming the title of Worshipful Master, as the former experienced trouble arising from unsettled financial problems and complains about the inebriety of the Wardens and general poor conduct of local freemasons, except for members of Merchant's Lodge, No. 428, Liverpool [SN 976].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Mariners' Lodge, No. 249, Woolton
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 document
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Mariners' Lodge was granted a warrant by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 1 March 1783 to meet as No. 249 and met at the Mariner's Compass, New Dock, Liverpool. The Lodge now meets at Woolton Hall, Speke Road, Woolton.
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Record URL
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Series information
AR/1008
Mariners' Lodge, No. 249, Liverpool
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Mariners' Lodge, No. 249, Liverpool
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Letter from James Roberts, Mariners' Lodge, Liverpool to John Allen, Clements Inn, London